Temperature is by far the most commonly measured physical parameter. With so many new ideas for connected devices in the works for consumer and industrial applications, you often need high-accuracy ...

In order to measure the mechanical properties of materials in compression, tension, bending or torsion, a universal testing machine is utilized. This article outlines the two different types ...

Process Engineer Richard Kasica of NIST’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology holds a wafer of the type typically produced in the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition chamber. A new study ...

There are many ways that measurement can be used in the diagnostic process and in assessing the incidence of diagnostic errors, according to the committee that authored the Institute of Medicine’s ...

Accurate measurement is something most people assume happens automatically. Whether weighing ingredients for a recipe, checking room temperature, measuring a room for furniture, or relying on a scale ...

Measure twice, cut once. That’s sound advice, though no guarantee you won't measure wrong twice. Some measuring errors occur before the ruler is in hand, while interpreting plans. Other errors spring ...

To err is to be human. But what claims can be made about your system’s analog to digital converter (ADC)? We will review the extent of our conversion error rate ...

Process Engineer Richard Kasica of NIST’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology holds a wafer of the type typically produced in the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition chamber. A new study ...